Sharon Ramirez, a witness, was walking by when she saw the jumper standing outside the bridge rail, holding a pair of scissors. Ramirez said she was trying to talk to the jumper, asking if she could help her back over, only to be told, “No, I got this.”

Sharon’s husband Bob Ramirez then called campus police.

Destiny Reynolds, a Sac State criminal justice major, said just as the woman was about to jump, a jogger came by and grabbed her, in an attempted to slow down her fall.

“She hit the water and kind of just swam back and forth, trying to avoid the cops and everyone trying to save her,” Reynolds said.

Whether or not the jumper is a Sac State student has not yet been confirmed.

The State Hornet will continue to update this story if more information becomes available.

At about 6 p.m., a woman jumped off Guy West Bridge into the American River. She was seen by pedestrians jumping off the bridge and was later rescued by the Sacramento Fire Department. @TheStateHornetpic.twitter.com/9jGhADImYI

Private boaters initially attempted to help the women out of the water. She reportedly refused and then the Sacramento Fire Department arrived and rescued her from the scene. pic.twitter.com/U0Qmpu845n

my name is john Nicorici I was fishing on the sacramento river with a friend Daniel Radu while fishing I was warned by the police to go and slice a woman who jumped off the bridge in the water to kill .. I replied to the call the police on the shore and I started the boat and ran in the fastest speed to save the woman not to sneeze and I stood next to her on the shore I gave my life jacket from the boat and talked to her the rescue police boat came on the water.I’m glad I was able to save the life of a person who wanted to commit suicide, God to believe that the person must live JOHN NICORICI Sacramento